The Politics of maternity care
Subtitle: services for childbearing women in twentieth-century Britain
By: edited by Jo Garcia, Robert Kilpatrick, Martin Richards.
Contributors: Garcia, Jo, 1950-; Kilpatrick, Robert.; Richards, Martin.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Oxford, [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
Subjects: Maternal health services -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Obstetrics -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Description: Maternity care was the subject of intense campaigning early in this century. This collection of essays brings together historical and social perspectives to put these debates in context and chart how the present situation arose.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Includes index.